A group has formed to challenge the proposed ethanol plant to be built between Celina and St. Marys.

Citizens Acting Responsibly for the Environment (CARE) - organized by Jill Myers and Pam Hudson, both of Celina, and Margi Moul of St. Marys - plans to attend the Oct. 18 meeting of the Mercer County commissioners to object to the ethanol plant. [More]

Local officials are not yet concerned about epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), a common white-tailed deer virus found in Ohio cattle for the first time in August, but agree producers should be aware of it.